Are you surprised that your thoughts and emotions can affect your health? I was also shocked when I learnt that the kind of things I think about and my emotions can affect my health and well-being.
Emotions and thoughts that are freely experienced and/or expressed without judgment or attachment tend to flow fluidly without impacting our health. On the other hand, repressed emotions (especially fearful or negative ones) can zap mental energy, negatively affect the body, and lead to health problems.
It's important to take note or study our thoughts and emotions and be conscious of how they affect our bodies, behaviour, and relationships.
Negative Thoughts and Emotions
Negative attitudes and feelings of helplessness and hopelessness can create chronic stress, which upsets the body's hormone balance, depletes the brain chemicals required for happiness, and damages the immune system. Chronic stress can actually reduce our lifespan. Science has proven that stress shortens our telomeres, the end caps of our DNA strands, which causes us to age more quickly than normal.
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